Libel
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+ | [[Image:The Big Swallow.jpg|thumb|right|200px|This page '''{{PAGENAME}}''' is part of the [[censorship]] series.<br> | ||
+ | <small>Illustration: a close-up of a [[mouth]] in the film ''[[The Big Swallow]]'' (1901)</small>]] | ||
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- | :''[[libel (poetry)]]'' | + | :''[[defamation]], [[slander]]'' |
+ | # A [[written]] (notably as [[handbill]]) or [[pictorial]] [[statement]] which [[unjustly]] seeks to [[damage]] someone's [[reputation]]. | ||
+ | # The act or [[crime]] of displaying such a statement [[publicly]]. | ||
+ | #: ''Did Betty Bowers commit libel when she called President Bush a [[flaming]] [[homosexual]] on her [[website]]?'' | ||
== See also == | == See also == | ||
*[[Libel (poetry)]] | *[[Libel (poetry)]] | ||
+ | *[[Libelle (literary genre)]] | ||
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- A written (notably as handbill) or pictorial statement which unjustly seeks to damage someone's reputation.
- The act or crime of displaying such a statement publicly.
- Did Betty Bowers commit libel when she called President Bush a flaming homosexual on her website?
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